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B. H. KRUEGER.

VANITY PUFF.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. l9|9.

PatentedDec. 30,1919.

T tfxegef www A TTORNEYS WIT/VESSES BERNHARD H. KEUEGEB, or NEWROCHELLE, NEW Yoan.

vnNiTY-PUFF.

' To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, BERNHARD I-I. KRUEGER,

- a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident rf New Rochelle, vin thecount chester and State of New Yor have invented a new and ImprovedVanity-Puff, of whichthe following lis a full, clear, and ex actdescription.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in toiletarticles, and

- it pertains more particularly to such devices commonly known as powderpuffs.

.Powder puffs of the o rdinary `type are manipulated by meanslof a loopof flexible material, such as ribbon or the like, and in the ordinaryconstruction .said manipulating loop is secured in such a manner thatlies flat against the powder puff making it i hard to grip when it isdesired to -use the uff. p It is the primary object of-the present inLvention to secure the manipulating loop to the pu body in such a mannerthat when the same is not interfered with, it will occupy a verticalposition in which it may be readily grasped by the fingers Iof theopercup-shaped member 6, t e manipulating ator.

With the' above and other objects vin* view,

reference is had to the accompanying draw- D. )Which-- in Figure lis aperspective view of a. powder puff constructedA in accordance with the4present invention;

l -Fi 2 is a transverse sectional view showing t e parts in theirdisassembled relation; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts 'intheir assembled relation;

Fig. 4 is an elevation-partly in section of a modified form of theinvention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a further modified form .ofthe invention.

Vta lic members 5 and 6, the member 6 being smaller in diameter than themember 5.

j and adapted to be received therein when as; semblingv the severalparts of the powder The body,

puff. The member 5 .is provided with. a

similar opening 8 of smaller dimensions than theopenng 7.

f the puff is formed from a suitable dpile fabric 9, which latter is cut.and stretche (ginal edge lying on the interior ofsaid mem ber 5,as-designated at 10 in Fig. 8. The

specineation of Letters-Patent.

of Westabout the member 5*-, with its man.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

- Appiicatipn inea my e4, 1919. seriino. 312,956.

reference character 11 designates a suitable finishing material, such ascloth, which is adapted to cover the exposed face of the .member 6, andsaid finishing material has its marginal edge adapted to lie within themember 6, as designated by the reference characte 12 in Fig. 3.

In t e present form, the manipulating.

. loop 'consists of a length of ribbon or the like 13, which is bentbackwardly upon itself as at 14, to form the loop. -The free ends 15 ofthe loop are secured to the inner face of the member 6 by means ofganeyelet or similar tubular member 16, the opposite ends Iof which areupset as designated by the reference character 17, to secure said eyeletin place. Interposed between the free ends .15 of `the loop and theinner face of the v member 6, is a disk 18 of any suitable pliablevmaterial, and interposed between theouter end of the eyelet 16 and thefinishing material 11, is a washer 19of bone, ivoryf, 0r the like, whichserves to add to the appearance of the rear` face of the puff. By thisconstruction it will .be seen that the eyelet 16 serves to secure thefinishin material 11, the

loopy 1 3, and the ornamental washer 19,-together, and forms the onlyfastening means for these severalfparts.4

After the several parts have been `1assemble as described and showninFig. 2,

the loop is forced through the eyelet 16, as

shown in Fig. 3, and projects Vfrom the rear side of thelpuif toformsuitable meansby which the puff may bemanipulated by the operator. l

yIn the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, 4themanipulating loop is secured in the same manner as in the form abovedescribed, except that in the modied being of av size equal to `theexterior diameter of said eyelet 16.

From the foregoing description, it will be .a parent that the presentIinvention provides for the construction of a powder puff ios in whichthe manipulating loop thereof will at all times occupy a position inwhich it may be readily grasped, and, at the same time, the inventionprovides an effective means for securing the manipulating loopto thepuff.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A powder puff comprising a front and a rear member, said rear memberbeing provided with a centrally arranged opening, a tubular memberpassing through said opening, and a manipulating loop secured to theinner face of said rear member by said tubula'r member, said loop beingsubsequently passed through said tubular member to the exterior of therear face of said puff.

2. In a powder puff, a rear member having a substantially centralopening, a flexible manipulating loop secured on the interior of saidrear member, and means in said central opening for securing saidmanipulating loop lin operative position, and

said manipulating loop being subsequently passed through the centralopening to the exterior of the rear member.

3. In a powder puff, a rear member lhaving a central opening, a suitablefinishing material covering the outer face of said rear member, amanipulating loop passed through said central opening in the rearmember7 and an eyelet passed through said central opening in the rearmember and serving to secure the finishing material and loop to the rearmember adjacent said central opening.

4. In a powder puff, a rear member provided with a centrally disposedopening, a linishing material for covering the outer face of said rearmember, an eyelet adapted to be passed through said central opening andhave its ends upset to secure the finishing material to the rear memberand a manipulating loop projecting from the interior of the puff throughsaid eyelet to the exterior of the puff.

BERNHARD H. KRUEGER.

